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The fallout from conflict in the Gulf will be much bigger than just oil.

Democrats describe the assault as illegal and contrary to U. S. interests.

The U. S. president and his officials can’t get their story straight.

Beijing is an unentangled superpower—but one with key interests at stake.

Most U. S. citizens were not warned to leave the region before the United States and Israel launched the war on Iran.

As chaos spreads from Iran, global shipping is buckling under the strain.

Inexperienced and overextended, Trump’s envoys have failed on three fronts.

In response to Trump’s strikes, European leaders have created an alternate reality to escape their hypocrisy.

The war on Iran sounds the death knell for the old-school idea of “you break it, you own it. ”

Mark Carney’s tour of the Indo-Pacific this week is a rousing show of defiance, but it may have unintended effects.

Indonesia’s president offers to facilitate negotiations after U. S. and Israeli strikes.

The White House is discovering that Iran and Israel have a higher tolerance for pain, according to Mideast expert Vali Nasr.

All three countries are preparing to potentially wage weeks of conflict—or more.

A divided opposition faces a long road ahead.